Federal safety regulators from OSHA have a special term for companies they deem particularly problematic when it comes to safety issues. They are termed "severe violators," and the agency mandates especially close scrutiny and follow-up remedial actions on them pursuant to its Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
Daylight savings time: Consequences, including workplace injuries
Fall back, spring forward.
Forklift operators improve safety outcomes through video games
For years, all most kids have needed to have unbridled fun is an engrossing video game coupled with a joystick for maneuvering around with.
Regulators respond to problem of trucks striking low bridges
If, while driving, you've ever thought that some bridges across roadways seem unduly low for some of the commercial trucks busily engaged in transit, your instincts are correct: With alarming frequency, big rigs do not have enough clearance to pass safely beneath bridges, and crash as a result.
In memoriam: Ohio and Texas towns grieve for teen accident victims
Ohio's worst motor vehicle accident in more than three years and, reportedly, the deadliest car accident in Trumbull County in its history, continues to be investigated in the wake of what transpired near Warren early last Sunday morning.
Volvo invents first air bag for pedestrians struck by cars
An engineer from Swedish auto maker Volvo first came up with the idea of the 3-point seat belt, the integrated lap and shoulder harness now standard in all vehicles. Now the company is focused on mass production of the world's first pedestrian air bag, designed to deploy on the outside of a vehicle within a second of sensors noting contact with a human leg.
Ohio bartender who alerts police to drunk patron fired for action
Shelby Police Chief Charlie Roub says that he is "not very pleased" by the recent decision of a local business employer.
Trucking advocacy group, safety organization spar over crash data
There's a war of words going on, although most members of the general motoring public in Ohio and elsewhere across the country likely know little or even nothing about it.
